characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the …

If redistribution is distortionary, and if the income of skilled workers is due to knowledge-intensive activities and … distorts occupational choice. We study this possibility in the context of a model with horizontal innovation, where the …

knowledge. Three long-term outcomes emerge. First, a "Secularization" or "Western-European" regime with declining religiosity …, unimpeded science, a passive Church and high levels of taxes and transfers. Second, a "Theocratic" regime with knowledge …

the main sources of knowledge transfer and innovation among key firms in Bangalore’s software cluster are their external …This paper is aganist the popular assertion regarding the links between innovation and clustering and it is found that … knowledge brought in by foreign networks. …

efficiency; provides further insight into why Open Source Software is a successful model of innovation and development in digital …

The intellectual breakthrough contributed by the new growth theory was the recognition that investments in knowledge … and human capital endogenously generate economic growth through the spillover of knowledge. Endogenous growth theory does … not explain how or why spillovers occur. The missing link is the mechanism converting knowledge into economically relevant …

A bill to promote autonomy of higher educational institutions and universities for free pursuit of knowledge and … innovation and to provide for comprehensive and integrated growth of higher education and research keeping in view the global …

potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … consider a menu of procurement methods and policies for best procuring new knowledge and innovative products, discussing their … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We …

How does innovation impact on development? How, and under what conditions, do entrepreneurs in developing countries … innovate? And what can be done to support innovation by entrepreneurs in developing countries? This policy brief addresses … these questions and explains the relationship between entrepreneurship, innovation and development. Policy lessons are drawn …